‘Not My Friend’: Botstein, in Letter to Bard Community, Seeks to Distance Himself From Epstein

‘Not my friend’: Botstein, in letter to Bard community, seeks to distance himself from Epstein

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Bard College President Leon Botstein doubled down on what he has said was a purely transactional relationship between him and disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a letter to the college community on Tuesday. The letter came after newly-reviewed emails and messages suggested a closer friendship between Botstein and Epstein than previously indicated. The emails are among 3 million documents released …

Bard Students Blast President's 'Gross' Epstein Emails

Bard College's longtime president has said he can't recall if he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island, maintaining that his relationship with the billionaire financier was strictly professional. Newly released emails suggest otherwise. "I had a great time. The place is great," Leon Botstein wrote Epstein the day after a planned...

‘Gross’: Amid silence from college, Bard students react to Botstein revelations

Amid silence from the college, many students disapproved of Leon Botstein courting a convicted sex offender for donations. But they don’t expect he will resign.

Bard College President Leon Botstein Scrutinized for Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Longtime Bard College president Leon Botstein, who has helmed the influential liberal-arts school since 1975, is under fire after the release of email communications with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, that suggest a relationship more personal than had been previously disclosed. On Monday, the New York Times reported that Botstein had sent Epstein a grateful note regarding a 2012 trip to the Caribbean that…